viii, 248 pages 22 cm

Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 227-240)

I: The fairy tale. The work of the Brothers Grimm -- The types of stories -- The history of the tales -- The question of meaning -- Appendix: Tale numbers and names ; Classification of tales according to type ; Classification of tales according to origin

II: Bios and mythos. Sociological and psychological schools of interpretation -- The biological function of myth -- The image of a second birth -- The anxiety of the misborn

III: Primitive man as metaphysician. Tender- and tough-minded thinking -- The image and its meaning -- Imagery of the manifold and its "cause" -- The "cause" understood as absolutely unknown -- Theology as a misreading of mythology -- Esoteric and exoteric anthropology

IV: Mythogenesis. An American Indian legend -- The Neolithic background -- The Paleolithic background -- The psychological base -- The personal factor

V: The symbol without meaning. The impact of modern science -- The mythic forms of archaic civilization -- The problem of the new symbol emergent -- The shaman and the priest -- The wild gander -- Mythologies of engagement and disengagement -- The flight between two thoughts

VI: The secularization of the sacred. The tree in the garden -- Religions of identity -- Religions of relationship -- The European graft -- Eros, agape, amor -- The Western individual

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